Competitions · Japan
Kansai Small Cubes 2016
Osaka · 12 November 2016 · 6 events · 39 competitors · 26 personal bests
Rituraj Sohoni won the 3×3 with a 10.49 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平) by 0.33 seconds. 39 competitors produced 26 personal bests, 5 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Rituraj Sohoni | 8.94 | 10.49 |
| 2×2 | Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平) | 2.53 | 2.68 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) | 14.00 | 17.10 |
| Pyraminx | Yohei Oka (岡要平) | 3.00 | 3.67 |
| Skewb | Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之) | 2.84 | 4.10 |
| Square-1 | Kou Oobatake (大畠功) | 12.29 | 16.52 |
The PB harvest
26 set · 5 still standing- Masahiro Yamakita (山北真大) — Skewb single 3.26: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
- Shin-ya Tada (多田晋也) — 3×3 single 20.09: into the top 40.2% of the event's history.
- Sheng Jiang (蒋笙) — Square-1 single 32.77: into the top 54.6% of the event's history.
- Sota Goshima (五島颯太) — 3×3 single 28.20: into the top 59.2% of the event's history.
- Tareq Alkhaldi — 3×3 one-handed single 37.45: into the top 61.5% of the event's history.
First-timers
Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.
Records watch
3 regional records were set at this competition.
The field
39 competitors · 140 results · 6 events.
Solve this final yourself
how this works →The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Rituraj Sohoni won it with a 10.49 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
F2 U2 L' B2 U2 B2 R D2 L F2 D B L' F' L U F - 2
D B2 U F2 U' R2 D R2 U' B L B2 F2 D2 R B2 L D B' L2 - 3
D U' L2 D B2 U L2 B2 L2 B' D2 L2 R' F L D2 L2 U' R U - 4
R2 D R2 L U F D' R' B2 U' L2 D2 B D2 F U2 R2 L2 F' L2 - 5
R B2 L F2 L' R2 F2 D2 U2 L D' L' D2 B2 D' R2 B' L2 D U2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
39 competitors- Asami Shiota (塩田朝未)
- Daisuke Ishii (石井大介)
- Hideki Niina (新名秀樹)
- Jin Mochizuki (望月仁)
- Junichiro Taniguchi (谷口淳一郎)
- Katsuaki Iwasa (岩佐克彰)
- Katsuki Takahashi (高橋勝紀)
- Kengo Yamawaki (山脇憲吾)
- Koji Ito (伊藤滉二)
- Kou Oobatake (大畠功)
- Masahiro Yamakita (山北真大)
- Naoki Wakisaka (脇坂尚樹)
- Naruki Hagiwara (萩原成基)
- Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭)
- Norio Anzai (安西法王)
- Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之)
- Raphaël Pihet
- Rituraj Sohoni
- Ryohei Yoshioka (吉岡亮平)
- Ryota Aoki (青木涼太)
- Ryota Shimana (島名亮太)
- Sakura Yoshioka (吉岡さくら)
- Sheng Jiang (蒋笙)
- Shin-ya Tada (多田晋也)
- Sho Nishino (西野翔)
- Sinpei Araki (荒木慎平)
- Sota Goshima (五島颯太)
- Taiga Takaoka (高岡汰虎)
- Taisho Hayashi (林大翔)
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之)
- Takayuki Tanaka (田中隆喜)
- Tareq Alkhaldi
- Taro Yoshioka (吉岡太郎)
- Umemoto Mikiya (梅基幹也)
- Wataru Hashimura (端村航)
- Yohei Oka (岡要平)
- Yoshitomo Miyata (宮田美友)
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)
- Yusuke Takada (高田祐介)
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.